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Skybridge pool in Singapore
An olympic-size infinity pool, which joins the peaks of the "Sky Habitat Singapore" twin towers and basically hovers around 38 floors above land. Can you imagine the view?
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Some old footage of Singapore in the 1970s
Just fresh out of separation from Malaysia in 1965, this rare footage offers a glimpse of more than four decades back, when Singapore was steadily growing and prospering. Also reveals the old landscape of that era, a far cry from what the country is today.
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ABC's news report on the Singapore Smile campaign back in 1998
Singapore's frequently recognised as a highly regulated city-state where the government has periodic campaigns: to urge young educated people to have children, to not litter or vandalise, to stop smoking... and this particular report back in 1998 covers on one of the more unusual campaigns back then, encouraging Singaporeans to, while, smile. Interesting that some of the observations are still applicable to the more modern campaigns in Singapore today!
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Singaporean team successfully launches rats towards space
The team hoping to send a Singaporean to space by using stratospheric balloons has completed a groundbreaking experiment – after three rats sent towards space returned to Earth alive.
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Farewell to Lee Kuan Yew
This is the recorded YouTube live stream of the State Funeral for Singapore's "Founding Father" Mr Lee Kuan Yew. A really sombre procession with several international VIPs in attendance, along with thousands of citizens who lined the route of the gun carriage carrying the coffin. Ten eulogies were also delivered by family and acquaintances close to him.
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Why Singapore banned chewing gum
Lee Kuan Yew, who died on Monday at the age of 91, is famed as the man who turned Singapore from a small port into a global trading hub. But he also insisted on tidiness and good behaviour - and personified the country's ban on chewing gum. What was it about gum he so disliked? For a while after the gum ban was introduced in 1992 it was all foreign journalists wanted to talk about, Lee Kuan Yew complained later, in conversation with US writer Tom Plate.
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Singapore's LGBT event Pink Dot 2015 sees record turnout
The event was held on 13th June in Hong Lim Park, decked out in hot pink balloons and signs, next to Singapore's central financial district. The event, in its 7th year, included speeches and a concert, while 28,000 participants formed a gigantic human pink dot after night fall, the organizer said.
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Singapore Teen Sentenced in Blogging Case
A teenage blogger found guilty in May of disparaging Christians and disseminating an obscene image was sentenced by a Singapore court to four weeks in prison.
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Singapore Style Fried Chicken Rice
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Singapore deploys robot swans to monitor pollution and look serene while doing so
If you’re going to deploy a fleet of automated robots to monitor water quality in urban areas, why not do it with some style? That’s the thinking behind NUSwan , a flock of environmentally friendly swan-bots that researchers from the National University of Singapore have recently deployed in local urban reservoirs.
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NSFW Gang Bang Singapore
20 years ago the Record of the Worlds Biggest Gang Bang was in the hands of a woman from Singapore. Now a documentary about Annabel Chong is available on YouTube.
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LED-Lit costumes Dance
Children performers wearing LED-lit costumes dance during a Golden Jubilee celebration parade rehearsal in Singapore. Singapore marks 50 years of independence on Aug. 9.
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The rise of Singlish
Singapore tried to make its multi-racial population speak English. They responded by making a hybrid language - Singlish - now 50 years old. By Tessa Wong.
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The Bold New Voices of Singapore
The Creators Project heads to Art Stage Singapore check out the small island-nation's growing art scene and market. Guided by local artists Wong Lip Chin, Ruben Pang, and Donna Ong, as well as internationally-acclaimed art duo, Gilbert & George, we'll see how new artworks are expanding the boundaries of expression in Singapore.
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Singapore can be a model for cities with zero-waste goals
The city-state sends only 2% of its solid waste to landfills.
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Man arrested after walking on Formula One track at Singapore GP
MATT MORLIDGE IN SINGAPORE: A 27-year-old man, thought to be English, has been arrested after clambering onto the track during the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday night.
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Singapore jails Filipino nurse for 'seditious' posts
Singapore's racism: what is it fuelled by? A Singapore court on Monday sentenced a Filipino nurse to four months in prison for posting inflammatory comments on Facebook against Singaporeans and lying to police investigators.
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Neighbors turn up the heat on Indonesia over forest fires
For weeks now, the quality of life in parts of Southeast Asia has been left to sheer chance — the direction of the wind. Every day, it alone determines which city will be shrouded by peaty white smoke blowing from burning forests in Indonesia.
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Lost baby bat reunited with his mother
The ACRES Wildlife Rescue Team help a fruit bat find her baby.
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The Singapore dish people are willing to fly 15 hours for
Born out of frugality, Hainanese chicken rice – one of Singapore’s national dishes – may seem simple. But it’s the kind of dish you’d cross continents to eat.
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